Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:582 – Qualifications for certificate as a registered cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist; out-of-state licensees
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:582
- Board: means the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Cosmetologist: means any person, who is not exempted from the provisions of this Chapter pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Cosmetology: means the practice of using one's hands, mechanical or electrical apparatuses, or appliances or using cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, soaps, detergents, tonics, lotions, or creams in any one or any combination of the practices of esthetics, hair dressing, and manicuring for compensation, direct or indirect, including tips. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Esthetician: means a person who practices esthetics. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Esthetics: means engaging in any one or a combination of the following practices: massaging the face or neck of a person, dyeing or trimming eyebrows, applying natural or artificial enhancements to eyelashes, hair removal by cosmetic preparations, threading, waxing, or other similar means, stimulating, cleansing, or beautifying the face, neck, arms, bust, upper body, legs, or feet of a person by any method with the aid of the hands or of any mechanical or electrical apparatus, including micro-dermabrasion, epidermabrasion, or particle exfoliation using equipment and methodology approved by the board or by the use of a cosmetic preparation; however, esthetics shall not include the diagnosis, treatment, or therapy of any dermatological condition, or the process of removing hair known as "electrolysis". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Manicuring: means trimming, filing, decorating, shaping, sculpting, or in any way caring for the nails and skin of another person's hands or feet together with massaging the hands, arms, legs, and feet including pedicuring; however, manicuring shall not include the use of blades or graters for callous or skin removal. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- Manicurist: means a person who practices manicuring. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- School: means any premises wherein cosmetology is taught. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:563
A. In order to receive a certificate of registration as a registered cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist, a person shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in Subsection B of this Section, meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be at least sixteen years of age.
(2) Have, at the time of completion of the required schooling, the equivalent training as would be contemplated in the satisfactory completion of the tenth grade from an approved high school.
(3) Have satisfactorily passed an examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to receive a certificate of registration.
(4) Have paid the appropriate fee set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 37:599.
B. In addition to the requirements set forth in Subsection A of this Section, a person shall also meet the following requirements in order to obtain his certificate of registration as a registered cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist:
(1) To obtain a certificate as a registered cosmetologist, a person shall have completed and passed a course at a registered or licensed school of cosmetology approved by the board.
(2) To obtain a certificate as a registered esthetician, a person shall have completed and passed an esthetics course at a registered or licensed school of cosmetology approved by the board.
(3) To obtain a certificate as a registered manicurist, a person shall have completed and passed a manicuring course at a registered or licensed school of cosmetology approved by the board.
C. The board shall issue the appropriate certificate of registration to any person who possesses a license or certificate of registration to practice as a cosmetologist, esthetician, or manicurist from another state or from a foreign country and who also meets the following requirements:
(1) Has completed and passed the appropriate course of study at a school which is licensed in the state or country which issued the license.
(2) Has satisfactorily passed the appropriate examination conducted by the board to determine his fitness to receive the certificate of registration.
(3) Has paid the appropriate fee set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 37:599.
Acts 2001, No. 907, §2, eff. June 26, 2001.